From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D950FC2BA19 for ; Sat, 11 Apr 2020 19:17:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from shelob.surriel.com (shelob.surriel.com [96.67.55.147]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8752320709 for ; Sat, 11 Apr 2020 19:17:47 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 8752320709 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=vt.edu Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=kernelnewbies-bounces@kernelnewbies.org Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=shelob.surriel.com) by shelob.surriel.com with esmtp (Exim 4.92.3) (envelope-from ) id 1jNLcz-0002xw-U5; Sat, 11 Apr 2020 15:17:17 -0400 Received: from omr2.cc.ipv6.vt.edu ([2607:b400:92:8400:0:33:fb76:806e] helo=omr2.cc.vt.edu) by shelob.surriel.com with esmtps (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92.3) (envelope-from ) id 1jNLcw-0002xn-PJ for kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org; Sat, 11 Apr 2020 15:17:14 -0400 Received: from mr1.cc.vt.edu (mr1.cc.ipv6.vt.edu [IPv6:2607:b400:92:8300:0:31:1732:8aa4]) by omr2.cc.vt.edu (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id 03BJHCBI013845 for ; Sat, 11 Apr 2020 15:17:13 -0400 Received: from mail-qv1-f72.google.com (mail-qv1-f72.google.com [209.85.219.72]) by mr1.cc.vt.edu (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id 03BJH7wc025603 for ; Sat, 11 Apr 2020 15:17:12 -0400 Received: by mail-qv1-f72.google.com with SMTP id dk8so4428580qvb.17 for ; Sat, 11 Apr 2020 12:17:12 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:date:message-id; bh=BoqnbdMWv+kiqmG3RDnMZzcLHXGMg6dIsWJ6ELFqIeM=; b=uLwU25M85RBXs1IHC2OSGDqRto1jq162W9F+10J9vbt188gxOtFBFWMHxhqCxJc/e8 2/wjvnpPQt9GVtdrtgE8gu7ymYFG9znB/whKPXmnHnNwjHO7QrKu3vZY5i+vJEV7Pkvd 9tiyc/eoSvjcNQmEHFlA8UCGyEHzyBw5wKbfWDutUKsXVC37N1QlXS0GasE3ds+BR4v8 N4/r/2oayRl1t9zSDp8P4a9cdaxQmwsWfvdKmbr3Fy6xhK3jhS0wUoC/gYOBtWJoKC9F JdcC9Prj24Uc3qhGxzrK0FKm/oo9ofPz4YWQdgD1B7Z/tR7Y/go8uIxSK7b4VHNwOpxy kyHA== X-Gm-Message-State: AGi0PuYiWCMl9J5/Ocdyt/TvV8gY5X7uENjNkivTHmhGUUHZZ221RpHL MtzxfFkR20HY1WPxNEuz7THeJuTJxMOa9S38UvkmqbHkve48mvrfAJXjBGGIWXhRfALnIFeWg9s 2VyleAnAeOO3vjrCaSaeIYy6yMZHNwc97QTzK76g= X-Received: by 2002:a0c:fb12:: with SMTP id c18mr10231479qvp.171.1586632627252; Sat, 11 Apr 2020 12:17:07 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Smtp-Source: APiQypK3rLMnKbDrghWDPKWe1RQXEm6Pi1icb+T8KRh8r6k7ceZMu7luSr+q8CzLgNq9aDAsXeTSgg== X-Received: by 2002:a0c:fb12:: with SMTP id c18mr10231359qvp.171.1586632624963; Sat, 11 Apr 2020 12:17:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from turing-police ([2601:5c0:c001:c9e1::359]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id h63sm4268916qkf.125.2020.04.11.12.17.03 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sat, 11 Apr 2020 12:17:03 -0700 (PDT) From: "Valdis Kl=?utf-8?Q?=c4=93?=tnieks" X-Google-Original-From: "Valdis Kl=?utf-8?Q?=c4=93?=tnieks" X-Mailer: exmh version 2.9.0 11/07/2018 with nmh-1.7+dev To: Hao Lee Subject: Re: What is the difference between make oldconfig and make menuconfig? In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2020 15:17:02 -0400 Message-ID: <383779.1586632622@turing-police> Cc: kernelnewbies X-BeenThere: kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: Learn about the Linux kernel List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============5686626217793844155==" Errors-To: kernelnewbies-bounces@kernelnewbies.org --===============5686626217793844155== Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1586632622_57256P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --==_Exmh_1586632622_57256P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Sat, 11 Apr 2020 23:09:54 +0800, Hao Lee said: > I know make oldconfig is used to update my old .config to a newer one > and it will prompt me questions about the new configuration options. > However, make menuconfig can also handle old .config file properly and > it doesn't prompt any questions. I don't know what happened when > menuconfig processes my old .config file. Does it make decisions for > me automatically? Thanks. If the Kconfig file uses a 'default' clause for the option, menuconfig will use that. 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